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Donate Gift Cards – Do you have gift cards that are laying around that you don’t think that you will use? Donate them to MN SNAP! We will use them as prizes for contests, silent auction packages and thank yous. Please send gift cards to MN SNAP, 10000 Hwy 55 Fourth Floor, Plymouth, MN 55441 […]

Client Story #1 Our rabbit was not very friendly and was showing quite a bit of aggression. We were told by our vet and pet store that spaying can sometimes help that and that it also decreases the chance of getting uterine cancer, which is very common in female rabbits. I do not make a […]

What do you get when you mix a passion for reducing pet overpopulation with a touch of entrepreneurial spirit and a heaping dose of desire? For founder Dr. Kim Culbertson, it was MN SNAP and Blue Sky Veterinary Services. After graduating from the University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Kim worked five years […]

MN SNAP will be a vendor at the upcoming Pet Expo on Saturday, June 13 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. We will be working on getting the word out about our services, recruiting volunteers and finding donor partners. Stop by and see us at the Expo! Free admission.

Our website has a new, easier-to-navigate format. The goal was to make our website easier for people to schedule surgery for their pets and make donations. Thanks to volunteer Tim Rivard for doing such an excellent job with the updates! Take a look at our updated website at mnsnap.org.

MN SNAP launched a social media campaign in support on Spay Day in mid-February in hopes of raising awareness and donations for spay/neuter. Maybe you saw some of the great looking ads on Facebook. Over $2,500 was raised to replace the floor in the mobile surgical suite. We are overwhelmed by the support we received […]

Throughout the month of February, Found Animals Foundation is asking spay/neuter programs across the country to show their “50 Shades of Spay”. At the end of the month, five deserving organizations will each receive a $2,500 grant from Found Animals – and, hopefully along the way, we will convince folks to spend a little more time […]

Amy Divine and Elizabeth Pikal, CVTs joined Dr. Kim and Erin Richards at the MACC clinic location in December. Welcome back, Amy, and welcome, Elizabeth. Dr. Suzanne Wood is our contracted relief vet. She works mostly out of the MACC location and fills in when vet staff takes vacation time. We are glad you are […]

We want to thank Dana Andresen for her leadership of MN SNAP over the last 2 ½ years. Dana was a tireless advocate for spay/neuter and believed in the MN SNAP mission. We wish her the best as she pursues other avenues. Thank you for your dedication and hard work!

In October, the MN SNAP Board of Directors voted to hire Shane Seymour of Capstone Philanthropy to run a capital campaign to raise funds to complete the build out of the building that we own on Washington Ave. in Minneapolis. The entire Board met Shane at the December board meeting and were pleased with how […]